{"id":1380,"date":"2014-04-10T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T19:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2014-04-24T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T14:50:56","slug":"faces-from-1938-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/04\/10\/faces-from-1938-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces from 1938, pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you by any chance catch the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/library.modelaviation.com\/ma\/2014\/4?page=014\">History Preserved&#8221; column in the In the Air section of <em>Model Aviation<\/em> magazine\u2019s April issue<\/a>? The museum highlighted a panoramic photograph donated by J.D. Foster. The event pictured is the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1391\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1391\" alt=\"A panoramic photograph showing the participants of the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. A plastic layer over the photograph details some of the names of the participants.\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_full-1024x296.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_full-1024x296.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_full-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_full-999x288.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, Kansas City, MO, Oct 2, 1938. [#0215 J. D. Foster Collection, National Model Aviation Museum]<\/figcaption><\/figure>We are attempting to identify individuals in this photograph. Some of them are already identified (by name or other descriptor) as you can see from this enlarged photograph of the left section of the panorama. Do you know who the other flyers are? If you have some ideas, please write to the Museum\u2019s Archivist, Jackie, at <a href=\"mailto:jackies@modelaircraft.org\">jackies@modelaircraft.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1392\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_left_end.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1392\" alt=\"A close up of the left end of the panaromic photo.\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/FosterCollec_KC_panoramic_photograph_left_end-1024x762.jpg\" width=\"377\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, Kansas City, MO, Oct 2, 1938. [#0215 J. D. Foster Collection, National Model Aviation Museum]<\/figcaption><\/figure>We will post several more blogs this month with three more close-up views of the photograph. Check back next week to see another section of this great piece of American modeling history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/04\/17\/faces-from-1938-pt-2\/\">Go to the middle left section of the image.<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/04\/22\/faces-from-1938-pt-3\/\">And the middle right section of the image.<\/a>\u00a0 <a title=\"Faces from 1938, pt. 4\" href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/04\/24\/faces-from-1938-pt-4\/\">And the far right section. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you by any chance catch the &#8220;History Preserved&#8221; column in the In the Air section of Model Aviation magazine\u2019s April issue? The museum highlighted a panoramic photograph donated by J.D. 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